Bainbridge man arrested in decades-old Long Island killing

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a Bainbridge man has been arrested in the killing of a New Jersey woman 20 years ago on Long Island.

Nassau County police say the 38-year-old man from Bainbridge, Joey Bethea, was awaiting arraignment Wednesday on a charge of second-degree murder in First District Court in Hempstead.

Bethea is suspected of killing 22-year-old Dorothy LeConte in 1989 on the grounds of Hempstead High School.

The Long Island Press reports that the victim was a Haitian immigrant and student who was visiting her brother and aunt. The paper says reports at the time said she was strangled and sexually assaulted.